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On its face, the 30% solar panel import tariff imposed by the Trump administration is a safeguard aimed at protecting the solar industry from what the U.S. views as unfair trade practices, but trade experts, solar industry analysts and solar project finance advisers interviewed by TheStreet worry the tariff could have the opposite effect.

Solar installers saw shares soar Tuesday following an announced 30% duty on solar imports, but a tariff on imports is good for no one in the industry, analysts asserted, including U.S. solar panel manufacturers and solar panel installers.